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Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Capt. Almont Barnes
Arms:
2 3-in. Ordnance Rifle
This Battery's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Fifth Army Corps
Division - 3rd Division, 5th Corps
Brigade - 3rd Division, 5th Corps Artillery
On the Antietam Campaign
The battery lost a section of 2 guns at Manassas Junction on the night of 26 August 1862, and they had not yet been replaced.
... the battery was assigned to Humphreys' Division (Third), of the Fifth Corps, and arrived [on 18 September 1862] on the field of Antietam in time to fire the last cannon shots of that contest, from a point between Sharpsburg and the river, under direction of Gen. E. B. Tyler, of the Third Brigade [sic; 1st Brigade, 3rd Division].
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #19: Humphreys' Division, Fifth Army Corps - 14 Sep, 6 AM to 18 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #33: Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 12 PM
References & Notes
The quote above from the Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (New York at Gettysburg) by the New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga (Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon Company, 1902).
We have one individual in the AotW database who was on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Capt | Barnes, Almont |   |
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